A new look at old Georgetown
[From the archives of Pat Savory]
Posted March 27th 2008
These pictures were sent to me in a mass email. I thought I will put them together for others to view.
An 1888 drawing showing the intersection of High Street (a.k.a. Avenue Of the Republic) and New North Street (a.k.a. Company Path), Georgetown. On the left is the Hand-In-Hand Fire Insurance Co. building, with the old post office tower in the background. On the right are the Assembly Rooms. (The Post Office and the 'Assembly Rooms' were destroyed in the 1945 great fire). The Bank Of Guyana and the Georgetown Museum are now located on the site previously occupied.
OLD GEORGETOWN
An engraving of Water Street - Georgetown, by Milton Prior, published
in the Illustrated London News on April 23rd, 1888.
GEORGETOWN
STYLE - 1941
Central Garage, High Street
Hand-in-Hand Fire Insurance Building
Wm. Fogarty, Ltd, Water Street
Wm. Fogarty Stationery & Book Store, Water Street
Booker Bros., McConnell & Co. Ltd., Water Street, Georgetown.
Wm. Fogarty, Ltd., Head Office & Wholesale Dry Goods Dept.
Sandbach, Parker & Co., Ltd., Head Office & Hardware Store, Water St.
Queenstown Livery Stables & Funeral Furnishing Parlour
B.G. & Trinidad Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. Robb & Hincks Streets
The Royal Bank Of Canada Water & Robb Streets
Demerara Electric Company Ltd. Church & Water Streets
The Tower Hotel, Main Street
G. Bettencourt & Co., Ltd., Water Street.
Bookers Drug Store, Church & Main Streets
ARCHITECTURE
Photographs
circa 1960 - Taken by the "ROVING" J.P. Ferreira. It is said that J.P.
Ferreira went nowhere without a camera and would spend hours in front
of a building waiting to get the right cloud behind the building. There
ia a lack of people in most of the photos because they were
taken on Sunday mornings, when most people were at home enjoying their
breakfast.
Queens College Thomas Lands(destroyed by fire - 1997)
Bookers Head Office, Water Street. (destroyed by fire - 1962)
Georgetown Cricket Club Pavilion - Bourda
Bettencourts Unique, Water Street (destroyed by fire)
Georgetown Main Post Office, Company Path
The Park Hotel, Main Street (destroyed by fire 2001)
Royal Bank Of Canada - Water Street
Barclay's Bank D.C.O. - Water Street (now renovated beyond recognition)
Sandbach parker & co. Ltd. - Water Street (destroyed by fire Dec 18,
2003)
Wm. Fogarty Ltd. - Water Street
The Georgetown Lighthouse - Kingston
St. Andrew's Kirk - Brickdam
Charlotte Street view of the High Court (formerly named The Victoria
Law Courts)
A typical Georgetown "cottage". Note the steep roof, designed to handle
the heavy water run off in the rainy season
Government House - When the entrance was on Carmichael Street (instead
of on Main Street), and when a canal ran down the middle of the street
Camp Street in its hey day. Flamboyant Trees lined the avenue, and parapets
were neatly trimmed. Two different designs of Georgetown homes can be
seen in the background. The galleried 'Demerara cottage' on the right
hand is now 'long gone'
Detail from the coffered ceiling of the Guyana Parliament Chamber
Fulton Court Hotel - Georgetown
Castellani House Original design by Cesar Castellani - 1882
Castellani House Residence of The Prime Minister - 1965
Castellani House Home of the National Art Collection - 1993
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